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Well, that's cleared up any mistaken association of snobbery with Megeve. Well done. It's best you check the Forum Rules before posting further. If you'd like to give us the benefit of your "education" and tell us something about Megeve that will be most welcome. Any further off-topic trolling will be removed. Back on-topic now please... TVM |
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No. You'll be unbearable... :lol: Have a good one! |
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Just bumping this for your attention folks... if you've not voted yet then please read a little about what Snow Camp do... and GO AND VOTE!
Snow Camp are currently in First Place and if they stay there will receive 10,000 Euros to help some very deserving young people on their way in life... |
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Week Ending April 13th, 2013
* Free to re-publish in whole or part so long as clearly credited to www.J2ski.com with the words "J2Ski Snow Report" linked to http://www.j2ski.com/snow_forecast/ Spring is on it's way but... ...not before this epic winter has had one more throw of the snow dice! The next couple of days will see some significant precipitation with anything up to 30cm of new snow falling at altitude. That will be rain lower down, of course, but it's yet another few powder days if you can get there. ...there are some cracking deals available for the last weeks of the season... E.g. Late Package Deals (from the UK) to France and Austria. As we move into next week, the weather will clear and by mid-week things will be warming up considerably with above average temperatures taking hold. Skiing in the Summer? Over the next few weeks on J2Ski, we'll be featuring some of the ski resorts that open in the summer... for skiing as well as mountain biking, paragliding and many other mountain sports. So keep an eye out. Our first item covers Summer Skiing in Les Deux Alpes. This Week's Headlines - Plenty of fresh snow on deep bases in the Alps as resorts begin to close for the season. - First snow of year reported in New Zealand at Mt Ruapehu. - Scottish resorts expect season to last to May, potentially June. - Some US west coast resorts announce season dates in to June. - Sierra Nevada in southern Spain now only resort claiming more than a 5m base. Europe Austria It's still snowing in the country, even though around half of ski areas in Austria have now closed and around 90% of the country's ski areas will have shut down for the season by next Monday as is traditional there. But Austria also has more glacier ski areas than any other so around a dozen centres will remain open to late April and in some cases in to May, June and beyond. Hintertux, which currently has a near three metre (10 foot) base and received 5cm (2 inches) of fresh snow on Sunday, is one of two resorts worldwide that's open year round. Other areas open through April including Obertauern with a 2.5m base and 20cm (8 inches) of fresh snow this week, Obergurgl, with a 1.9m base and 12cm (5 inches) of fresh snow and Ischgl with a 1.4m base and 10cm of fresh snow. The Pitztal glacier, with Austria's highest slopes and open in to May, also has the country's deepest snow still at 3.9m (13 feet). It also reports 10cm of fresh snow, most of it falling last Sunday. France Unlike in Austria, the vast majority of French ski areas are still operating this week although closures will gather pace from the coming weekend and continue for five weeks until May 19th when France will be the only country in the Alps with all the areas closed until for five weeks or so until the glacier ski season begins. Like Austria there's been plenty of fresh snow though with up to 25cm (10 inches) reported in the Northern Alps (at la Plagne, which still has a 3m/10 foot base on upper slopes) . There's also been fresh snow reported at Flaine (390cm/13 feet base) – with 10cm new cover and at neighbouring Les Arcs (284cm/9.5 feet base) and la Rosiere (3.7m/12.3 feet) – both with about 20cm of new snow, much of it falling in the past 48 hours. In terms of resorts open in to May, Chamonix still has 3.9m (13 feet) of snow on upper slopes although nothing left at resort level, at Val Thorens its a foot less at 3.6m and thaere's been 16cm (6 inches) of fresh snow, much of it falling on Tuesday. Italy Most resorts in Italy remain open too, although ironically Arabba, which had reported the deepest snow in the dolomites for months and in next to the former summer ski area on the Marmolada Glaccier is one of the few that has now closed for the 12-13 season. But not so it's not too distant neighbour Cortina d'Ampezzo where the Faloria sector will remain open in to May and where the snow has kept falling – the base there is 1.5m (5 feet). The country's biggest accumulation of the past seven days, and one of the biggest in the Alps this week, has been at Cervinia, with a fresh foot (30cm) dump. There's been 10cm in the Milky Way too and in terms of late spring and summer skiing bases are in good shape at ski areas like Val Senales (3.3m/11 feet) and Passo Tonale (4m/13.3 feet). Switzerland Almost all Swiss ski areas remain open and like the rest of the snow there's been fresh snowfall in the past few days on a still deep upper slope snow base. The biggest fall was reported at Saas Fee, which has a 3.3m (11 foot) base and got 45cm of fresh snow in the last week, the largest reported snowfall in Europe this week. Verbier (75cm-3m) base wasn't far be far though with a 15 inch (37cm) accumulation, including yet another 20cm (8 inches) yesterday. Also reporting new snow were Zermatt (2.3m base) with 15cm/6 inches and there were similar falls of at least 10cm/4 inches at Villars (2.2m base), Les Diablerets (1.5m base), Adelboden (1.45m), Andermatt (3.8m), Champery (1.7m base) Crans Montana (3.2m base), Grindelwald (135cm base) and Engelberg (4.7m base). Gstaad still has the deepest snow in Switzerland, but only 3cm/an inch more than Engelberg. Pyrenees Up to a foot (30cm) of fresh snow fell in the Pyrenees last Sunday to round off a great season at closing resorts including Spain's Formigal and Andorra's VallNord. Others, including Spain's Baqueira Beret intend to soldier on into May in celebration of the best season in the region for a decade, and with a base depth of 3.9m (13 feet) on higher slopes to rely on, plus the fresh snow, why not? An Andorra's Grandvalira there's 2.5-3m of snow lying and Cauterets on the French side of the border still has a 3.5-4.5m, no longer the world's deepest after its two months at the top, but still top 10. Scandinavia Scandinavia is normally a good choice for late season skiing with most of the region's resorts remaining open throughout April and some big end-of-season festivals and competitions to enjoy too. There's not much fresh snow to report and bases remain around the metre mark at most of the big ski areas. Are in Sweden (60-105cm) got a 7cm freshen up of its slopes on Saturday, but Voss in Norway still has the deepest snow for a major resort in the area at 1.6m (5.3 feet). Ruka in Finland has an 85cm base and should be the open at least two more months in to mid-June. Scotland The remarkably consistent 'winter' in Scotland has continued for yet another week of low temperatures and top-to-bottom snow cover at all five centres. Scottish television has been running stories of the possibility of snow continuing in to June and this being the best winter in decades for some areas such as Glenshee. The final week of the school holidays (for most) is drawing to a close though and where Scottish slopes have had good snow cover in to May the operational problem can be a lack of skiers to make operations financially viable rather than a lack of snow. North America Canada The ski season in Canada either ended last weekend or will end next weekend at most Western Canadian resorts, but that doesn't mean it has stopped snowing. At Revelstoke in BC, which has the biggest lift-served vertical in North America but closes this Sunday, another 28cm of snow fell in the past 24 hours from midnight yesterday resulting, the resort says, in fantastic powder conditions. Snow. A total of 69cm of snow has fallen in the last 7 days at Revelstoke Mountain Resort and there's been a total of 1122cm of snowfall to date there this season – a few metres below its world top five 15m average. Not all Canadian ski centres are closing though, Lake Louise, Marmot Basin, Sunshine and Whistler are all open in to May, have 1.3-2.4m bases and have reported 5-15cm of new snow in the past few days. And there's been snow on the east coast too where it's traditional for Quebecois resorts to stay open to May. Mont Ste Anne has an on-going month long party in play and has had 8cm of fresh snow on its metre deep base. USA As with Canada, many US resorts have closed last weekend or are closing next. But also as with Canada there are exceptions with Squaw Valley and Mammoth in California; Mt Bacherlor and Timberline in Oregon and Crystal Mountain in Washington State among those announcing they'll be open to May or even June. There's been heavy snowfall too with Timberline reporting two feet of new snow (60cm), equalling the most in the country, but falls of up to 60cm reported in Colorado too at Aspen (45cm), Breckenridge (48cm), Copper (44cm), Keystone (46cm) and Steamboat (60cm). Mammoth, Timberline and Alaska's Alyeska all still have 4m+ bases. It's warming up on the East Coast and there's been no new snow reported but many resorts remain open with 90-110cm upper-slope base, among them Killington, Stowe and Sugarbush. |
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Chalet for 12+ any recommendations
Started by Born Slippy in Ski Accommodation WANTED, 1 Reply, discussing Belle Plagne |
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Hi John, welcome to J2Ski...
Easter will be 3 weeks later next year (April 20th) so altitude is going to be important if that's your date. We've recently launched an accommodation search feature on J2Ski; you can filter the results by party size (on the right hand menu). Try these :- Austrian Ski Chalets - Easter 2014 Swiss Ski Chalets - Easter 2014 HTH... but if you see the Marmotte let me know... :lol: |
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Not yet, but I've skied in Tignes in August and would definitely do it again. Skiing in the morning, bike riding or rafting in the afternoon and watching the sun go down over the mountains on a warm summer evening makes for a pretty good holiday by anyone's standards... And as it happens, this just in from L2A... Summer Skiing in Les Deux Alpes |
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Kindly provided by Les 2 Alpes press office:
Summer Skiing on The Glacier History: Les 2 Alpes has been a summer skiing destination for over 40 years! Encouraged by ski clubs and major national and international teams, especially from Italy, summer skiing has seen rapid development. The glacier has quickly become the place to be and a perfect location to train for future competitions and winter championships. 
Where? It's the largest skiable glacier in Europe with ski runs between 2,900 and 3,600 metres. A Glacier groomed for Snowsports: To optimise summer snowsports, the ski lift company begins laying the ground for summer back in the winter season. The team carries out a series of measurements at various points in the snow mantle, testing temperature, thickness, and melting speed, etc. Doing this means that the best techniques, such as Snow Traps (stockpiling snow with wooden barriers or a series of half-tubes embedded in the glacier, and using snow ploughs to transport the collected snow to the glacier's ski slopes) can be used to guarantee the entire high-altitude ski area is ready for skiers come the summer season. FACT: An average of 1,500 skiers every day (10,000 in winter). PRO SKI CONDITIONS: Professional and National teams and ski clubs train on the glacier from 7a.m. in snow conditions as good and suitable for pros as in winter. Up to 140 slalom runs can be in use on the glacier. FREESTYLE: freestyle is the number one discipline on the slopes in Les 2 Alpes, accounting for 40% of skiers. In summer, the Snowpark is located at 3,400metres, providing 18 hectares of fun open from 07:15 to 13:30. The park caters for beginners, advanced, lessons or individuals and is served by 2 drag lifts and a dedicated ski tow for the 2 pipes (one of which is an Olympic-size super pipe). 
SKIING FOR EVERYONE: The geographical characteristics of Les 2 Alpes glacier guarantees skiing for everyone, with green and red runs, freestyle in the snowpark and freeriding too. Beginners even have their own slope at 3,400 metres, complete with a ski tow. The glacier (shallow incline and wide runs) is great for learning to ski or snowboard. Ski instructors give lessons and children can achieve their medals, just like in winter. THE KUMI YAMA SNOWSPORTS EVENT from 5th to 7th July: The only summer snowsports event, combining the world of FREESTYLE, professionals and stars in a warm, welcoming Japanese-style atmosphere. 3 days of SLOPESTYLE, best tricks and a children's competition. GENERAL INFORMATION ON SUMMER SKIING - The ski slopes open between 7.15am and 1.30pm for skiers and until 4.30pm for walkers and mountain bikers. - 90 hectares of runs: 4 blue, 2 green, 2 red, a beginners' zone, a FREESTYLE zone and an OFF-PISTE zone. - Access up to 3,200 metres in under 30 minutes via the JANDRI EXPRESS cable car. - 16 ski lifts (51 in winter) : 2 gondola lifts, 1 cable car, 2 chair lifts, 7 drag lifts, 2 ski tows, 1 funicular and an inclined lift. - "LE 3200" restaurant on the glacier at 3,200 metres: - Sports shops hire out ski and snowboarding equipment just as they do in winter. - Ski schools are similarly available (fifty instructors, 10 schools offering traditional skiing or snowboarding lessons, ski racing, training for state skiing). For more information, visit http://www.les2alpes.com/ And, yes, because J2Skiers do it all year round, you can search for available Summer Accommodation in Les Deux Alpes right here... |
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